Monday, August 27, 2012

located directly on 500 feet of california's beautiful surf & sand resort in laguna beach,splashes restaurant was a perfect place to celebrate so many things with my girls -- new opportunities, a promotion and more!although the weather was more on the gloomy side, i truly enjoyed the exquisite dining by oceanfront very much! ...and i'm already quite spoiled when it comes to lovely view since i've been living by the beach for more than half of my life!...especially with yummy food served by one of the most pleasant, one of the nicest servers ever, accompanied by good company... what's not to love!

Thursday, August 23, 2012

truthfully, i am not much of a health-conscious eater...on a normal basis

but occasionally i do try to be strict on myself and really be careful when i am on my crazy diets

problem here, however, is that you yo-yo like crazy afterwards...especially if all you've been thinking while being on those diets are hamburgers, bbq, spicy soup...etc. so not only did i gain back more than prior to diet, i actually suffered from stomach pains for not being careful enough after my strict days...

there, i was pulled towards raw section & purchased 3 blueprint juices to see how they taste, as i haven't tried them before

without any preparation, started drinking those 3 juices the next day

and surprisingly i was fine at the end of the day!

yes, only 3 juices on my 9-6 work day and i was fine!

so i went back to whole foods after work that day and decided to continue since i didn't want my $35+ to go to waste! so to 'save', i invested in another couple hundred dollars and bought two boxes of blueprint juices, which seemed like a much better idea as i would save on shipping if purchased from whole foods-

the thing is, i wasn't thinking about going on a crazy diet and i definitely had plans to eat out, which was going to be hard!

but i did want to 'try something new' to be healthier and well, i really wanted to shed some extra pounds i put on in the past few months!

i was drinking 4~5 juices per day for full five days

but eased on to some veggies on the 6th day, and soup on the 7th day

once the 'full juice cleanse' was over, i've been drinking one juice every morning which ended yesterday after 12 days!

from my favorite udon place...too bad more than half went to wastebut i wanted SOUP!

my favorite vegan restaurant! mmmmm~~~~

yummy lunch!

white fish + grilled zucchinis

it was my first juice cleanse, but surprisingly wasn't that hard!

true, it was no fun staring at the other person eat by oneself while sipping on the juice and i definitely felt weaker, but i wasn't starving nor felt dizzy!

i am sure you might be curious on physical changes

well, i didn't 'lose weight' per se, but did lose some pounds since i didn't eat anything and was definitely under 1000cal/day drinking those juices!

but because i didn't prepare in advance, my skin broke out like crazy (mainly with two big pimples which is now gone, phew) which was unfortunate, since my friend said her skin was glowing from within after a juice cleanse!

the verdict is...

i enjoyed being on the juice cleanse and i would go on it again if needed!

also, it seemed to have made some ongoing changes as i am being more conscious of what i consume & when i have the option, i have been gravitating more towards healthier choices.....we will see how long this lasts ;)